Japanese destroyer post WWII
#otd Japanese destroyer Hanatsuki at Kure, 16 October 1945. Post WWII. #japanese #destroyer #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS James O’Hara APA-90 (1943)
Per request, USS James O'Hara APA-90 off the coast of North Carolina in June 1943. #ussjamesohara #apa90 #wwii #usnavy #navalsafari...
USS Saratoga CV-3 (1945)
A look back to USS Saratoga CV-3 in Puget Sound in May 1945. #usssaratoga #cv3 #flynavy #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Repatriation after WWII
#otd after #WWII Japanese Destroyer Odake in drydock at Maizuru Naval Base, Japan, October 13, 1945. She was under conversion (disarmed)...
More Wildcat Wednesday
More #WildcatWednesday with USS Ranger CV-4 on 10 October 1942 showing an #F4F-4 #Grumman #Wildcat of VF-41 being towed aft by a tow...
USS Monterey CVL-26 (1944)
#otd USS Monterey CVL-26 launches an F6F at the start of the Okinawa Raid. Note other planes being launched from carrier at left, 10...
Aircraft Carrier Amagi (1945)
#otd Japanese Aircraft Carrier Amagi sunk at Kure, Japan, 8 October 1945. #amagi #ijn #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS Batfish SS-310 (1945)
Per request, USS Batfish SS-310 with her battle flags flying from ship's superstructure as she heads for her base at the end of a war...
Just a flesh wound!
Just a flesh wound!!! A damaged TBF (note wingtip) lands on USS Hornet CV-12 during strikes in the Marianas area, June 1944. #usshornet...
USS Hornet CV-12 (1945)
A look back to USS Hornet CV-12 with TBM and SB2C Aircraft parked on her after flight deck, June 1945. USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 and...